Abstract
A facile substrate surface silane-grafting approach was demonstrated to enhance both interfacial adhesion and pervaporation separation performance of PDMS composite membrane. With C16 grafted ceramic substrate, the PDMS/ceramic composite membrane exhibited up to 1.7 times stronger interfacial adhesion force between separation layer and substrate layer, meanwhile 1.5 times larger butanol/water separation factor that is higher than state-of-the-art membranes. This novel approach paves a new avenue to developing composite membranes with high and stable separation performance.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e16773 |
Journal | AIChE Journal |
Volume | 65 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Nov 2019 |
Keywords
- PDMS membrane
- butanol recovery
- ceramic hollow fiber
- interfacial adhesion
- surface grafting